Captain Morgan's Gold Coin
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Released:
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Saturday, June 28, 2003
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California, United States
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Captain Morgan's Gold Coin
Henry Morgan was an energetic youth, ambitious & high-spirited. The
quiet country lifestyle of his younger years held no excitement for him. He
yearned for adventure, fame & fortune. He took to seafaring at an early age. His
journey began when he went to Bristol, then the chief western port of England.
He worked in the sugar plantations for seven years, learning the 'artful ways of
the pirates' which frequented the islands. In 1662 Henry had enough of cutting
cane & listening to other men's adventures & set out for Jamaica, which became
his home for life. He signed aboard a ship which set sail with a mixed crew of
seasoned & novice sailing men on May 3rd, 1655, bound for the West Indies.
Morgan served his apprenticeship with Sir Christopher Myngs, an intrepid seaman
who had commanded a ship during the invasion of Jamaica. Myngs ravaged the
Spanish Main & in an incredible stroke of good fortune stumbled upon a store of
Spanish silver containing 1.5 million pieces of eight, an astronomical sum. (The
first document that mentions Morgan by name refers to Captain Henry Morgan as
commander of one of ten ships sailing under letters of marquee in Myngs
admiralty). Henry Morgan immediately made himself a name as a swashbuckler. He
and his cohorts were so successful that Morgan's share of the booty bought him a
ship of his own. After plundering his enemy's richest cities he left for open
water with the Spanish in hot pursuit. Morgan turned to fight. In a fierce &
bloody battle which nearly destroyed the Spanish fleet. The total count of the
treasure, from the Spanish, was 250 million pieces of gold and silver coin,
quantities of jewels, casks of ale & rum, precious spices, silks and velvets,
weapons & ammunition, gun powder, cutlasses & daggers (enough for an army). He
returned to Jamaica with spoils valued at more than 1,000,000 and was met with
general rejoicing.
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